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RESPONSE
Definition of RESPONSE
noun
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin respōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re (“again”) + spondeō (“promise”). Doublet of responsum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RESPONSE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESPONSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENOPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Words that start RESPON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESPONSE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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